Parsi Khabar

Phil Hazlewood at AFP recently interviewed our own editor Arzan Sam Wadia for an article about Parsis’ use technology to keep religion alive
By Phil Hazlewood (AFP)
MUMBAI — India’s Parsis, the modern-day descendants of migrants who fled persecution in Iran more than 1,000 years ago, are turning to new technology to keep their ancient [...]

!! Saal Mubarak !!
August 19th is the first day of the Parsi New Year. A time of happiness and rejoicing for all members of the small Parsi community in India and worldwide.
This is one of my favorite days of the years. Memories of this day right through childhood included visits to the fire temple, [...]

We would like to bring to the notice of our readers that for a period of 6 – 12 hours our site was hacked. In a routine check I found out that the homepage had been hacked and a photograph of the president of Iran along with some anti-US slurs were showing up.
We took [...]

A month ago Parsi Khabar informed its readers about an erronous and factually incorrect article where in Aspi Satarawalla filed a suit against his son for maintenance.
This article would have been just news except that I knew the accused son, Pesi. He is a goood friend to both Shirrin and me for many [...]

Parsi Khabar has some exciting news for you. We are now available on Amazon Kindle.

In the past Parsi Khabar has been on Facebook and in recent weeks, we added functionality for you to follow us on Twitter @parsikhabar
And now Parsi Khabar is featured on Amazon’s Kindle.
The Kindle is a digital book/magazine/blog reader. It is [...]

We are happy to announce that Parsi Khabar is now on Twitter. If you are on twitter, please add us to your follow list
Our twitter handle is @parsikhabar or you can easily find us here
http://twitter.com/parsikhabar
In case you are wonder what Twitter is:
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected [...]

Parsi Khabar’s own editor Arzan Sam Wadia was recently interviewed by Radio Free Europe on the occasion of  Navroze. The program was about how Navroze is celebrated worldwide and I spoke about how parsis celebrate it in India.
Radio Free Europe is one of the largest radio stations in the world and broadcasts worldwide [...]

Parsi Khabar and all its three editors wishes all our readers and subscribers a very happy and prosperous Jamshedi Navroze (Nooruz / Nowruz).
We value your readership and your participation on our website and hope that you continue to do so in the year ahead.
Thanks
Mehernaaz, Shirrin and arZan

Over the weekend, Parsi Khabar crossed a small milestone. We had our 1000th post up on the website.
The website began as a labour of love way back in August 2005 and still remains one.
On August 19, 2005 I posted a Welcome note followed by a Saal Mubarak the next day on the occassion [...]

The below article appeared in the Spanish press, in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 26/11.
Parsi Khabar’s Editor Mehernaaz Sam Wadia was interviewed for this article. The original article is in Spanish and the translation below is from Google Translations. It does not make perfect grammatical sense, but you can get the gist [...]

The elections for the trusteeship of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat is scheduled for the month of October. Recently we had written to all you readers inviting suggestions about how you would like Parsi Khabar to cover the elections vis-a-vis candidature and pre and post election news. We received an overwhelming response from you all and [...]

Mehernaaz, Shirrin and I wish you all our readers and supporters a very very Happy New Year.
May this year bring you more happiness, prosperity, and good health.
Today also marks the 4th anniversary of Parsi Khabar. We started this site on August 19, 2005 and after three eventful years we are nearly 850 [...]

Parsi Khabar is now on Facebook.
Facebook is probably the fastest growing social networking site. If you havent checked it out, now is the time to do so. And while you are at it, please join the Parsi Khabar Group on Facebook.
We would also request you to participate in the discussion on ways to [...]

Shirrin, Mehernaaz and Arzan, the three contributors at Parsi Khabar wish all our readers a very happy, healthy, prosperous, peaceful and safe New year 2008.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our readers for their continued support during 2007. We hope to bring new thoughts, ideas and articles in the coming [...]

Parsi Khabar is proud to say that one of our very own authors, Mehernaaz Sam Wadia shall be in attendance at the 4th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress. She forms part of a large bunch of youth from Bombay who shall be present at the Congress.
Mehernaaz is a practising lawyer in Mumbai, India. When not [...]